Guests leaving early for a Sunday wedding!!!

Maybe not on your STDs, but perhaps in the hotel section of your wedding website. For example, "Here are some of the comfy hotels you can crash in after a (long) night filled with fun and dancing"

If you pick a weeknight people will probably leave early. Can you do a Friday night instead?

Are you arranging accommodations? You could mention your room block is through Monday to encourage guests to make a night out of it.

If I were local, I would leave early. If I were coming from out of town, I would most likely take off Monday and stay over.

Definitely don't add any wording about wanting people to stay late. Host an earlier wedding....4-9 or 3-8. It'll still be a blast.

OliviaP said it best. You want to save money. You take a gamble.

IMO, work within your budget.

Treat your Sunday wedding no differently than you would a Saturday wedding with regards to phrasing, decor, style etc. It's a wedding no matter what day it's held on.

Technically... what you are saying is you don't want to pay the extra money for a Saturday wedding... but hope your guest will take off work(and loose that money) to stay late. If you want to save money and have Sunday then fine, but expect people can't stay late. If you want people to stay late, properly host a Saturday wedding where they don't have to take off of work.

Maybe an UPO... BUT that's my thoughts on it

Nobody is going to think you are cheap for having a Sunday wedding. Everyone Jewish has a Sunday wedding, basically. You can't really tell people what to do. We're anticipating all of our guests will stay until 11pm when our party ends, because most of them don't have to be up the next morning, and we're all New Yorkers. Very few people have a M-F 9-5 job anymore. People work at home, or have non-corporate jobs.

People are out late here every night.

To add.. I'm not saying that a Sunday wedding isn't being proper.. but to expect them to take off of work because you don't want to pay for Saturday isn't right.

It was your choice to make it on a Sunday. You can't expect people to rearrange their lives for you, if they have work the next morning. Not every guest stays late on Saturday weddings either. Most Sunday weddings start and end earlier to accommodate most guests.

We do Sundays all the time. If they don't want to come, they don't come, simple as that. There are plenty of people who dont' work M-F, 9-5. If it's important for them to be there, they will. If it's not worth taking a day off? They won't.

Not your problem.

Right i want the best of both worlds and i understand i cant have both. Either way i am going to happy and grateful for those who show up at all!

Thank you everyone!

Yep, I'd expect your Sunday wedding to end earlier. I would head out no later then 9 depending on travel distance. Monday morning comes fast!

I'm having a Sunday wedding due to the guest post minimum. I couldn't even come close to the 150 minimum for Saturday so we opted for Sunday. We made arrangements to start earlier just in case people need to leave early. I would suggest starting earlier just in case people want to leave..if they do don't be upset just be glad they took time to come celebrate with you and FH even if it is for a short time.

I would not add on save the date, but maybe mention a hotel block

I'm doing a Sunday wedding and most of my guests are OOT ones. Our reception ends at 9 this way they can get on a flight if they couldn't get time off work. I'm also not a big stay up late kind of person so for me ending at 9 wasn't a problem.

While a lot of people (especially older or those who know less people) will head home earlier than on a Saturday, your close friends will possibly want to take the Monday off to have a big night and properly enjoy the wedding. But you can't ask them to!

I've been to a Sunday wedding and was not a fan. Everyone left around 8. They had a TON of beer leftover. I didn't feel like I could drink more than one or two because I had to work the next day. You're going to have to just know that many people will probably leave early. DO NOT put that on the STDs or the invites.

I went to a Sunday wedding once that was going to go very late. I left at 10:30 and wished I could've stayed longer but we had work the next morning.

A lot of my family left before I did as well. It was nice to get all dressed up on a Sunday but leaving early will be a requirement for most people.

I would have to leave a Sunday wedding by 10. I wake up at 5:30 for work on Monday, and it's just non-negotiable. I'd still come and have a good time, but I would have to leave early.

Just let your guests have the fun they can have for as long as they can have it. They'll still enjoy themselves.